Bluntbreak Curates His Top 21 Instagram Photos

Reflections Eternal. Nothing much to say here... this was just screaming to get its picture taken.

Growing up on the 7line you're blessed with a view of 5pts.

Growing up riding the trains, I always wanted to be in the front or back car with the window to see into the tunnel.

Tudor City is always a sight to behold any day of the week. Use to be my escape till I discovered something better.

Williamsburg Bridge is a must walk experience.

You can never get tired of this view from Top of the Roc.

2012 was a crazy year with all those snowstorms.

The first time I ever met this homie, Victor Michael.

Toys will be Toys. Stumbled onto a railroad with some graffiti and this can graveyard. This is why we can't have nice things anymore. PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF!

Shit looks like a stairway to hell. Downtown apartments are definitely old New York.

Took a trip to an abandoned prison. Found the main cell block with missing stairs. I really wanted to get to the higher levels but with no stairs what was I to do. So I did the only rational thing, climb.

On one of our urban expeditions we stumbled upon this fucked up chair. Right away we knew the perfect caption for it. "Not my chair not my problem" those who know will understand.

If you're a New Yorker you'll know about The Tic & Tac Show. "You might have seen us at Showtime at the Apollo. Did it. Done it. Won it." These guys know how to hustle. Had me watching almost their entire show.

8 Million Stories to tell.

A wild Victor appeared! This is how we part ways.

Playing with fire.... we headed out to a remote location to play with some steel wool. We did get burned a little in the process and maybe set some local grassland on fire but it was fun as fuck, let the sparks fly!

My favorite MSK writer and my favorite piece on Bowery.

Homeless backdrop.

Verrazano Narrows.

Sunset was looking hella crazy but the damn bridge was in our way so we went in for a better view.

Dream to travel. My dream is to get paid to travel the world and take photos. Someday it'll happen.

SWIPE TO BROWSE THIS LIST

With social media today, sharing content is quicker and easier than ever before. A tag on a street corner can be posted on Tumblr and get reblogged thousands of times around the world. A musician can tweet a link to their music and the right retweet can expose them to an audience of millions. And a photographer keeping an ongoing stream of iPhone photos on Instagram can establish a perspective, a voice, and a name for themselves.

Taking his name from the Madlib song (and clearly one of his favorite hobbies) Bluntbreak has done just that on Instagram. With New York City as his muse, Bluntbreak’s photostream consists of cityscapes that range from birds-eye-view shots taken from rooftops (often accessed illicitly) to trips to the city’s underbelly, exploring tunnels, tracks, and other ruins most people don’t even know exist. That sprinkled with graffiti, girls, and occasionally ganja, if you’re not already “following” him, you’ll probably want to.

In fact, this week saw two milestones for the young photographer. A couple days ago Bluntbreak’s Instagram account broke 10,000 followers, earning him a much coveted “K” next to the number when you go to his profile. It continues to grow exponentially. The other milestone is that today is this talented young buck’s 21st birthday. To celebrate the occasion we had him select his 21 favorite photos from his Instagram photostream and tell us what makes each one stand out. So raise your glass and click through the gallery below.